Digital Spin or Digital Twin with Elisa Rönkä, Managing Director, Digital - EMEA Johnson Controls

“If your digital twin can’t prove value in 90 days, it’s not a product, it’s a demo. Elisa Rönkä of Johnson Controls shares what makes digital twins pay back fast.”

Most digital twins look great on a screen but collapse under CFO scrutiny.
They model every pipe, point, and person in the building yet still fail to show a single verified saving.

In this episode of The Climate Gap: Quick Cuts, Ben Muwoki sits down with Elisa Rönkä, who leads the digital business for Johnson Controls across EMEA, to explore what it takes to turn digital twins from impressive visuals into measurable business value.

We dig into:
What defines a minimum viable twin that delivers value in 90 days
Why KPIs must connect to profit, revenue, or risk to scale
How tech vendors can bridge the communication gap between FM and IT
The danger of promising portfolio-wide savings from one pilot
How to build ROI credibility with independent benchmarks and site-level results
The one question Elisa would ask her digital twin every morning

About Elisa Rönkä
Elisa leads the digital business for Johnson Controls in EMEA and brings a rare combination of financial acumen and technology leadership. With a background in both finance and smart buildings, she helps organisations link digital transformation directly to measurable impact, not just models and dashboards.

Watch if you are:
Evaluating or deploying digital twin technology
A building owner or FM leader focused on measurable ROI
A technology vendor translating data into business value
Scaling digital twins isn’t about more data. It’s about proving value fast.